How to help friend who will have infant and kindergartener this fall?

[Anonymous]

"Terrified?"

I hope you are exaggerating or that she is just suffering from pregnancy hormones.

"Terrified" is an unreasonable reaction to being responsible for your own, far spaced. children. If it is really that bad, she is in a place far beyond what you can help. Encourage her to seek mental health care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Terrified?"

I hope you are exaggerating or that she is just suffering from pregnancy hormones.

"Terrified" is an unreasonable reaction to being responsible for your own, far spaced. children. If it is really that bad, she is in a place far beyond what you can help. Encourage her to seek mental health care.

Exactly.
A new baby also takes a lot of naps. Any kindergarten “work” can be done while the baby naps. Most of kindergarten is phonics, and most upper middle-class parents are already doing that. She just needs to read to the kindergartener, and I’m betting she already does that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She is also a Type I diabetic herself, so high risk for COVID. I talked to her last week and she said she is "terrified" at the prospect of dealing with an infant (she's due in 4 weeks) and a kindergartener who will be in MCPS and is an anxious kid to begin with.

How can I help her? Normally I'd bring over food to them, but she is understandably nervous about people coming over, given COVID.

Hoping the expectant and post-partum moms here can give me tips.

Terrified of taking care of the two children she chose to have?

I have an infant, a rising kindergartener and will be teleworking and I can't say I'm thrilled about the situation. Have some compassion.

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The OP didn’t mention this mom working. She said she is terrified to take care of the two kids she chose to have. And there is a big difference between being terrified and not being thrilled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d tell her to skip Kindergarten in MCPS. D.L. is miserable for that age (I had one last year) and she can “homeschool” a Kindergarten child with workbooks while the baby is sleeping. It will be less of a hassle than adhering to the public school schedule which won’t work around her infant.

I totally agree with this!